NEW DELHI: Western Australia is looking at India to diversfity its economy through investment in critical minerals, gold, hospitality, to have enhanced aviation connectivity and also hopes to see some Bollywood films using their picturesque landscape as locations.
“We are actively looking at investors from India to invest in hotels and other tourism-related projects in Western Australia WA).
We have also had a meeting with Air India and Indigo to improve connectivity between India, particularly south Indian cities like Hyderabad and Chennai to Perth and beyond.
All further approvals are subject to availability of aircraft,’’ said Rita Saffioti, Western Australia’s Deputy Premier, Treasurer, and Ministry for Transport and Tourism.
After holding meetings in Delhi, she and her delegation are headed to Chennai.
WA is Australia’s largest state and has over 160000 people of Indian origin living there. Its warm climtate, high rate of employment, lower expenses and vast land makes it…